6/12/2023 0 Comments American Gods by Neil Gaiman![]() ![]() Gaiman uses his writing to explore American* culture, how it began, and what it is today. More than that, I wanted to describe it." There were unrelated ideas that I knew were important and yet seemed unconnected: two men meeting on a plane the car on the ice the significance of coin tricks and more than anything, America: this strange, huge place where I now found myself living that I knew I didn’t understand. Something started, in the back of my head. I only know what it was like to live the writing of it. "I don’t know what it’s like to read this book. In the first paragraph of Gaiman's introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition, he writes: It is written as if from the view of an insider, but it has all the novelty of someone observing a place from the outside. The fact that Gaiman is not American and yet captures the magic, myth, and culture of America is impressive and notable. Gaiman himself is native to the UK, making this an interesting tale of America written by someone who is not American. This story outlines ancient mythological Gods struggling to be relevant in contemporary America. Like all of Neil Gaiman's writing, American Gods is rich in fantasy, mystery, mythology, symbolism, and satire. ![]() Bram Stoker Award for Best Horror Novel.The novel has won 4 literary awards thus far: The tenth anniversary edition (the edition I am using for this academic review) was published in June 2011. The novel American Gods was written by Neil Gaiman and originally published in the UK in June of 2001. ![]()
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